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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 405 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Rifle range and targets, Palm Bay and Foreness Point, Margate |
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Summary
A rifle range, targets and a flagstaff are marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map at Palm Bay and Foreness point. The targets are also marked on the 2nd edition map (c.1896-1898). There is no trace of these features on any of the later edition maps.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3816 7150 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FIRING RANGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1898 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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A rifle range , targets and flagstaff are marked on the 1st ed OS 6". The range was at Palm Bay and the targets at Foreness point (1,2) and site photogeaph (3).
<1> Untitled Source, Wessex Arch DBA 1997 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.
<2> N/A, Ordnance Survey Map. Old Monarch record with attached monuments, 1st ed 6" OS map. (Map). SKE6458.
<3> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10097.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Arch DBA 1997. |
| <2> | Map: N/A. Ordnance Survey Map. Old Monarch record with attached monuments. 1st ed 6" OS map.. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 25. print. |
